overlarge
adverb
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L196421 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈlɑːdʒ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.
- Excessively large; too big; oversize.
“After a couple of years without pruning, the shrub had grown overlarge and completely obscured the window.”
“The house felt overlarge and oversilent with just the two of us, but I was relishing the peace of the kitchen.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English overlarge, equivalent to over- + large.
- Too extravagantly, overconfidently.
“I will doo with her what me lyst said Palomydes / wete yow wel sayd that knyghte thou spekest ouer large / though thou semest me to haue at auauntage / by cause thow sawest me doo bataille but late”